Tractor-trailer driver is taken to hospital after crashing on 81 in Hagerstown this morning

Traffic is still backed up along I-81 north near exit 6.

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Waynesboro Record Herald - Waynesboro, PA

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Posted Mar. 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM
Updated Mar 13, 2013 at 7:35 AM

Posted Mar. 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM
Updated Mar 13, 2013 at 7:35 AM

Hagerstown, Md.

The driver of a tractor-trailer was taken to Meritus Medical Center this morning for non-life-threatening injuries after falling asleep at the wheel and crashing the truck down a bank along Interstate 81 north of Maugansville.

According to Maryland State Police, John Kluka, no age given, of Dover was driving the southbound truck when he fell asleep at the wheel just before 3 a.m. The interstate was closed for several hours, and traffic was still backed up north of Exit 9 at 7 a.m. when the truck was being removed from the bank.